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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10
What Max a. CITY.

There are those who imagine that
the same conditions are necessary for
the growth Of all cities. The manu-
featuring" enthusiasts are the class
who shake their heads till they see
great Industrial enterprises located.
Bat facts show that city may spring
up rs If by magic before manufactur-
ers can get on the ground. Kansas
City Is an instance Of this. There is Il
city Of 10000 the growth of a few
/ years, and almost entirely destitute of
any manufactures. The city is with
out water power and is situated upon
( the top of bluffs where on one would
eyer think of locating shops of any
kind. What made Kansas City? On
the other hand, place may have i'm
portant industries and yet never be
come city. The writer knows an
eastern town of s. people which has
enough of manufacturing enterprises
to make great city, if that would in
sure It's growth-railroad headquarters
car shops, repair shops great boiler
aud engine works; furniture factory;
WOODEN mills; three machine shops !;
furnace; flower mills; shodly mills:
planning mills; paper mills, etc. Why
Is ii not a city? Dayton, Ohio, has
more great manufacturing interests
than st. Paul, yet it has only 10000
inhabitants
If the manufacturing crank would
examine into facts he will find that
his hobby is not everything in the
making Of great cities Cities are
much like ropsy, they els grows.
The writer sat in a West Superior
hotel last winter one cold night wait
ing for the train. \ lively dispute
was going on between a resident of the
town and Il stranger, on the question
Of what would make a magic city
there. Two words repeated over and
over pro and can constituted the dis
cussion. Stranger crank said manu-
tacturies," citizen crank replied
Water, that is water works, for
the thirsty village. That was a fair
specimen Of the arguments usually
carried on about the growth Of cities.
lfpeople can get plenty Of water to
drink and wash with, now and then,
why should they not haye Il city? Or
still better, if they haye a magnificent
harbor at the end Of a mighty arm Of
the sea, 1000 miles long, In the heart
of great continent, why should they
not haye Il great commercial center,
with its millions Of people ultimately?
Moss BACK.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10

1t seems quite a good many peo-
pie are not exactly suited with the
plan adopted for a sort Of mass or
union convention as called for by the
circular published elsewhere, but
think it is time to draw party lines
and have party nominations made
and then if the public affairs are not
properly administered there Is some
one to be held responsible for it.
There is a good deal of force in this
view OF the case, still we will not pre-
sumo to adyise the party leaders in
this matter The party lines will be
drawn next year at farthcst, still it
may not be adyIsible to do 50 now.
We await further developments.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10
asL.eEfi.CI Fist.

The following letters were remain
ing uncalIed for at the close Of bust
ness Sept. Bird and unless called for
within the next 80 days they will be
sent to the dead letter office.
Messrs. Currie & Swinson, Mr.. An
thony Drelur, Lester l. Dodge, Mr..
James Dent, Mr.. r. G. Free, Mr..
Amund Kavli, Mn. O. Keef, Mrs.
Arthur Miller, Mrs. Emma Millet,
Gurnry Rimpal, VIM. W. Tmith,
Mr. VIM. Smith 4, Leslie A. Smith,
Mr. Billie Smith, Mr. Loran Smith,
Mr. Peter withal, Mr.. Geo. Watkins,
c. b. Watkins.
John 4. BARDON, p. NJ.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10

The west end reporter for the
News had these items in Tuesdays is
sue:
c. l.. Catlin is reported to have de
clined to become Il candidate for pre-
sident Of the village. This leaves the
the contest between r. b. Mclean,
II. II. Grace, Dir. O. n Murdoch and
}. }. Atkinson
1t is reported that Il vein Of mag
netic ore has been discovered within
two miles of town. There was great
excitement yesterday among the real
estate offices. The exact location
could not be ascertained by the re
porter. Mr.. Silver, the discoverer
had a number Of specimens which had
magnetic qualities and seemed to be
iron.
The unauimity which has hereto
fore prevailed among politicians seems
to be Jared a little and there are
some queer combinations alleged 1t
is to be sincerely hoped for the public
good that the calamity Of a factional
fight between the two extremes Will be
avoided, and that the people of Su-
perior, East and West, will unite in
the determination to elect the abb est
and best men to office.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10

The Hayward paper says: "The
Board by unanimous vote, decided
in favor Of water works as the best
fire protection for our village. The
Chairman, Mr.. NJ. Dobie, was APP
pointed to confer with experts and
secure plans and estimates. The
plant will be owned and operated by
the town and will cost about s12, 900. "
This IS another instance where hon
est meditation has decided that it Is
best for the town to put in, own, and
control It's oHn water supply.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10

The CIoquct Pine Knot Is not al
ways consistent although a worthy re-
preventative Of live town. 1t pub
fishes fourteen columns Of ready print
matter, but condemns the Duluth
papers for using ready set matter,
and urges the union to compel the
papers using plates to close up their
shops or reduce the proportions Of
their paper. Its outside pages are
printed by the Northwestern News
paper Union, st. Paula very good
and sensible arrangcmcnt.-DuIuth
Journal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10

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of the VI. f. church at Superior, and
for the present ut Baraboo, Wis, has
failed in health and Is obliged to rest
from his pastoral labo" and does not
expect to be able to take work another
year, lie will, however, endeavor to
address his people once every Sabbath
until conference conyencs this month.
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been discontinued because their IS 10
Democrat III that town to attend TO 1t.
We "dyISe Postmaster General Villas
to import Democrat for the place or
give It to some ID Republican. The
people there should not be deprived Of
their mail facilities from any such con
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the ". 4. Church Tor tins year, VIII
be held tomorrow, at which time +. 4.
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10
That was a regular old fashion

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! tanned.
}. J. Atkinson of Connor's Point
was doing business at this end Of town
Thursday.
DR. Conner Of the west end was
down this way last Sunday for hi,
| spiritual training.
Mr. Diamond and wife will visit
friends in Milwaukee, their old home
the coming week.
We got two or three splendid
showers Tuesday which gives new life
TO the fall pasturage.
Our public schools opened last
Monday with a very fair attendance
in all the departments.
Mr.. Geo. Mason lost valuable
horse a few days ago, one of the best
he had and valued at $3.50.
George Follis is the happy father
OF a bouncing boy baby which arrived
at his house Monday morning.
Mr.. James Porter and "lte are
giving musical instruction and CON
certs in Cumberland this week.
The County Board Of Supervisors
have been in session this week, and
'"Fhe" 0" considerable business.
Geo, L. Bertrand, Of st. Paul
came up Wednesday 50 as to attend
ms sisters wedding Thursday morn
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10
& New Plant.
In the St. Paul Globe of the Both
ult., we find the following.

Residents of southern Minneapolis are jubilant
over the fact that the Minnesota and Northwest
erH road viii soon put in plant costing ia the
neghborho0d Of sliuU 900 on the fifty acres of land
tween the Manitoba and Northern Pacific tracks
The land cost SIl5UJl. which with the cost OF the
improvements Will make total of -33jo0O The
pant v iiI c bhssi % hound houses repair shops,
sheds steam heating buildings and storage tracks.
Inc grading was begun SOME days ago and IL is
Thought the work viii be completed by the tme
SNOW files. IL h. the intention o. have the round
house contain thirty stalls. The sheds and StOr
age tracks viii Ao!d 100 freight cars, and the
tracks VIII he accessible TO all the local freight
yards So that ears not in use may be stored there
Ia the steam heating building all the coaches of
the road Hill be thoroughly heated before start
ing thuS making il much easier for the engineer
in charge OF the train. Houses for the WorkIncu
who viii he employed there will be erected soon.
and a lniuiuturc city will soon be IN full blast
there.
The reader may, at the first glance,
fail to see wherein the above item in
terests Us up here at Superior. In
the first place it shows the nature of
the improvements that company
makes at its chief points of which Su-
perior will be one when the new road
will be built from Superior to st. Paul
and Minneapolis; and secondly it is of
Importance to US when we consider
that all the aboye improvements are
only part Of the great lake system,
and only indicates what will be need
Ell at that end Of the line, and if that
much is needed there much more will
be required at this end Of the line.
Our people should take no rest until
this enterprise is secured beyond doubt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10

CaCcusas to elect delegates Will be
held on Saturday, Sept. 10th at 100
p. m. as follows; East Superior, at
the Court House. West Superior, in
the building formerly occupied by
Packenham as a feed store in the rear
of Hotel Tower; Corners Point, at
Jewson's hotel
II. II. GRACE,
JAMES STACK,
NEIL SMITH,
Il. b. MCLEAN,
j. J. ATKINSON,
Village Committee.
Dated Sept. Z, 1897
The above circular in the form of a
"dodger' has been freely circulated
about town this week, and fully ex-
plains itself. 1t is fair in its distri-
button of delegates and should be per
fectIy satisfactory to all.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-10
SOSlMNSS CARDS,
ATTORNEYS

HIRAM HAYES-ATTORNEY At LAW-TI-
Il L ties examined: Abstracts furnished; Taxes
Paid etc
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
How the Hapeas Corpus Act
Passed.

The new volume of the reports of
"The Historical Manuscripts Commits
sion," Just issued, confirms in curl
GUS way an odd story told by
Bishop Burnett in his "History of His
Own Time," regarding the passage OF
the Habeas Corpus Act. Burnett's
words are: "It was CARRIED by an odd
artifce in the House of Lords. Lord
Gray and Lord Norris were named to
be tellers. Lord Norris, being man
subject to vapors, was not at all times
attentive to what he was doing. So,
very fat lord coming in, Lord Grey
counted him for ten, as jest at first;
but, seeing Lord Norris had not OBJ
served it, he went on with his mis-
reckoning. So it was reported to the
House and declared that they who
were for the bill were majority,
though indeed it went on the other
side; and by this means the bill
passed" The manuscript minute
book of the attendance shows curious
ly enough that the peers present were
really fewer in number than the total
OF votes on division by five in one
case and by six in another. OF course
if the Bishops story were literally
accurate his ''fat peer" would have
added just nine to the number; but
after all, perhaps few of the "good
stories" of history would bear testing,
even so nearly as this, by the light Of
documentary evidence. - London
| News.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
DEL MONTE NOTES.
The Progress BEING Made i'm the
Rebuilding of the Hotel.

A large force of masons are working
on the kitchen, which is much larger
than the old one, and is the only por-
ton of the whole building built en-
tirely of brick. 1t is two stories in
height, the lower story to be used for
storage purposes, etc.
Workmen are scarce, particularly
carpenters and plumbers, and as there
is such demand for the former all
over the State, the wages of all the
carpenters now working on the build
ing were raised last week, in order to
retain them.
About $1,000 worth OF window
weights were required to supply all
the windows in the old Del Monte
buildings, and nearly all were picked
out from the debris after the fire, and,
with the exception of a few, are to be
used again.
A force of men are busily at work
trimming the trees on the drive be-
tween Del Monte and Monterey, and
also throughout the different drive
ways surrounding the hotel.
It has been advertised that Del
Monte will be formally opened to the
public on Thanksgiving night, but,
from the outlook now, it is hardly
possible that even New Years will
see the opening.
The lower rooms of the main build
ing are now receiving the first coat of
plastering, while the second and third
stories are receiving finishing coats of
paint and varnish.
Only comparatively few men are
now at work on the main building,
the majority being employed on the
east annex, which is now entirely in
closed.
The west annex remains the same,
nothing having been done to it since
the foundations we're laid, and floor
timbers placed in position.
The nurserymen are preparing their.
choisest flowers and shrubs for re-
planting around the hotel as soon as
the building is finished.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
TRAVEL RESUMED.
The Damages by WashOuts AL
most Repaired.


BENSON, A. T., September 25.-The
first mail since the 9th instant arrived
here to-day, having been tran sferred
over the break east of here. There
were two carloads of delayed matter
which arrived here to-day, and the
postal clerks say there is more to fol-
low. This is the greatest delay that
has ever been caused by wash
outs in this Territory, and
it is to be hoped that the Southern
Pacific will adopt measures whereby
a recurrence of such a delay may be
avoided. There is some talk OF the
track being taken out of the canon
known as Cienega and placed on
higher ground, where the line was
originally surveyed by Engineer
Hood.
1t was fortunate that the people
here and at Tombstone had good
supply of provisions on hand at the
time Of the washout, or they would
surely have run short. AS it is the
flour supply at Tombstone is nearly
exhausted. and for the last few days
teams from that place have
been hauling provisions from
Wilcox. Freight trains are ex-
pected here tomorrow, and the
blockade will be raised, although it
will be some time before the road is
in as good condition as it was before
the flood. A large force of clerks is
busily engaged here asserting the
mails which are to go south in the
morning. Passengers and mail will
also be transferred at the break west
of here.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
OREGON EVENTS.
Destructive COnflagratiOns-Sen-
ator StanfOrd,s Movements.

atOr StanfOrd,S mOyemehtss
PORTLAND, September 25.-Four
dwelling houses caught fire here this
morning, and were partially de-
stroyed. The damage to the build
ings and contents will probably reach
$4,000. The loss is fully covered by
insurance.
A large barn belonging to James
johnson, near Carlton, Yamhill
county, caught fire to-day, and was
totally destroyed. A quantity of hay
and grain was consumed and several
valuable horses were burned to
death. The loss will reach 1000,
with no insurance. The fire was un-
doubtedly the work OF tramps.
THE MAGNATEs RETURNING.
A Corvallis, Ore., special says that
the Stanford Crocker-Towne party ar
rived from Portland by special train
to-day and crossed over to the east
side of the Willamette river by special
train over the Oregon Pacific Rail
way, en- route to San Francisco.
STAGE ROBBERY.
The Canon City stage was robbed
this morning five miles beyond Au-
burn by two masked men. The rob-
bers carried away the mail sacks and
all the contents. 1t was at the same
place where stage was held-up about
a year ago. The robbers secured only
q GOLD watch and a few dollars from
the passengers. There was no express
box on the stage. Officers are search
ing for the highwaymen.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
Press Opinions.

The home rule sentiment is steadily
increasing, and if the British leaders
were not so blinded by prejudice and
self-conceit they would quickly re-
nounce their coercive policy, which
can only terminate in causing their
downfall.-[St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Rep.
No one supposes that blatherskites
like Most and Schwab and others of
that class, who are continually talking
and writing about what they will do,
will ever advance further in crime
than to rob hen-roost, or possibly
supply dynamite bomb to some man
with more courage than themselves.
But their teachings, or the teachings
of such as they, caused the murder at
the Haymarket.-[W washington Re-
publican, Rep.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
Mint Facilities Unequal to the
Demand.

SAN Francisco, September 25.-A
special to the Examiner from Wash
ington says: "It is strange" said Mr..
Preston, Acting Director of the Mint
Bureau, to-day, chow the demand for
minor coins continues. Last year we
coined $391, ,157 in cents, $552,376 in
nickels and $1,095, ,279 in dimes, and
at the present time the Philadelphia
mint has SIC, 900 worth of orders ahead
and cannot catch up. The law only
allows these coins to be made at the
Philadelphia mint, while the San
Francisco mint confines itself almost
exclusively to silver. This is doubt
less due to the development of the
country, and also to the fact that they
are used to an extent never known be-
fore. Last year we coined $33, 900, 900
in silver dollars, which did not take
any more work than the coinage Of
5000, 900 in fractional coin, owing to
the number of pieces. That is why
our orders for the latter are behind" :"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
ssPato Donan and His Bible.

Colonel Pat Donan, the Western
orator, who says he is going to be the
priest to unite the North and South
by means of marrying off lot of
pretty girls from Dixie to young men
in the North, has had many narrow
escapes. He saved his life once by
abstaining from a game of poker and
reading the Bible. A few years after
the war he was a passenger on board
big Mississippi steamboat bound for
st. Louis from New Orleans. The
Colonel was asked to take hand in
a game of draw poker that was going
on in the forward part of the cabin.
1t was Sunday morning, and sudden
impulse seized him to read something
instead of playing poker. He had
nothing to read until he
thought of a little Bible that a
pretty young girl cousin gave him
in New Orleans, exacting promise
from him that he would sooner or
later look between it's leaves. In
order to keep the poker-players and
the men who watched the game from
laughing at him if they saw him read
ing bible, he went to his state-room,
situated about the middle of the cabin,
He had been reading from the Psalms
of David about ten minutes when a
terrific explosion took place, killing
outright all the poker-players and the
men in the front part of the cabin.
The Colonel was badly shaken up, but
he managed to save half-dozen ladies'
by fighting lot OF deckhands and
capturing a small boat. He took to
the water after pushing off the little
boat filled with women, and was
picked up three miles below, nearly
frozen to eath.-[Pittsburg CONNER
cial-G Gazette.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-26
GENERAL NEWS.
The Weekly Resume OF the
Signal Service.
FAVORABLE CROP REPORTS.
George Francis Train Resumes
the ROstrum-GOOd Finan-
cial Exhibit.
Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald !

Associated Press Dispatches to the Herald. |
WASHINGTON, September 25.-Fol-
lowing is the crop bulletin issued by
the Signal Office for the week ended
September24, 1887: The weather has
been colder than usual in the districts
east of the Mississippi and on the
North Pacific coast, the greatest de-
partures from the normal occurring in
the States bordering on the lower
lakes and on the South Atlantic and
North Pacific coasts, where the daily
average temperature was about three
degrees below the normal. From
Northern New England westward to
the North Pacific coast and in the
South Atlantic States it has been
warmer than usual, the greatest tenn
perature occurring in the central
valleys, where the average daily
excess for the season ranged
from one to three degrees, while
the average daily temperature for the
season near Lake Superior and on the
South Atlantic coast was from one to
three degrees below the normal. Rain
fall in the western portion Of the wheat
region and from Texas northward to
Dakota and Minnesota during the past
four weeks has been abundant, and
generally has exceeded ninety per
cent of the usual amount for that pc
riod. The same conditions will ap-
ply to the belt of country extending
from Lake Erie westward to Iowa.
The rainfall for other sections has
been less than usual, except in the
central portion of the Middle Atlantic
States, the isolated Rocky Mountain
stations and in Oregon and Washing
ton Territory, where it has been
slightly greater than normal. Re-
ports from the greater portion of the
winter wheat region show that the
work of preparing ground is being re-
tarded on account of continued drouth.
Reports from Tennessee, the Middle,
Atlantic and New England States
show that the weather was favorable
for crops, and that the seeding of
wheat is in progress. Reports from
Kansas, Nebraska and the western
portion of Missouri and Iowa indicate
that the weather was favorable to
growing crops. Killing frosts oc-
cured as far south as Central Illinois,
Northern Indiana, Ohio and Michigan
during the latter portion of the week.